Educational guide Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Química |
english |
Environmental Engineering (2006) |
Subjects |
ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2009_10 |
Subject | ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS | Code | 205141210 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
3 | Optional | Only annual |
Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
Review of classical thermodynamics | 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics |
Introduction to statistical thermodynamics | The Boltzmann distribution law and statistical mechanics The partition function and statistical mechanics |
The ideal gas | Boltzmann statistics Translational and vibrational partition functions The “law” of equipartition of energies |
Chemical equilibrium in ideal-gas mixtures | Equilibrium constants from partition functions |
Ideal harmonic solid and black-body radiation | Rayleigh-Jeans law Debye theory of the heat capacity of solids |
The third law | Nernst heat theory in thermodynamics Comparison with experiment |
The non-ideal gas | Virial coefficients Intermolecular forces |
The liquid state | Structure of liquids Equation of state of a liquid Computer simulation: Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics |